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'atta girlUsed to show encouragement or approval to a girl or woman. Female version of attaboy.Rate it:

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"even without an audience, do your show." god is seeing.ShowRate it:

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"lord god, don't let the noise of the world keep me from hearing you."something someone says that they will be able to get or hear an answer to their prayer without worldly things getting in the way of being able to receive itRate it:

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15 minutes of fameA very short time in the spotlight or brief flurry with fame, after which the person or subject involved is quickly forgotten.Rate it:

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a carpet-baggerA candidate for election who has no roots or interest in the constituency he wishes to represent. The original meaning was a Unionist financier or adventurer who exploited the cheap labour in the American South after the Civil War. The carpet bags carried by these adventurers were made of carpet material.Rate it:

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a casa caiuSaid after a particularly undesirable, harmful change of events; often, though not always, said of a criminal or illicit activity discovered by the authority.Rate it:

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a codpiece for the something or someonean exaggerated show of protecting the little bits while ignoring the whole.Rate it:

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a man/woman after your own hearta man or woman who likes the same things or has the same opinions as youRate it:

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a pyrrhic victoryAn apparent victory, but one which is no victory at all, due to the great cost incurred. The phrase comes from the victory won by King Pyrrhus at Asculum in 279BC which cost him many of his best men. After the battle Pyrrhus remarked: "One more such victory and we are finished."Rate it:

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ablución mayorGhusl o ablución mayor, entre los musulmanes es la obligación de lavarse todo el cuerpo como purificación antes de ciertas ceremonias; sobre todo, antes de la peregrinación a La Meca, pero también, antres de convertirse al Islam. También sirve para purificarse despues de haber estado expuestos a algo impuro, por ejemplo, las relaciones sexuales o tras un ritual funerario. Ésta se realizaba, generalmente, en un balneario público o hammam.Rate it:

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account forTo explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed.Rate it:

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acento de intensidadRealce con que se pronuncia una sílaba, dándole mayor tono o relieve que las demás.Rate it:

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acento prosódicoRealce con que se pronuncia una sílaba, dándole mayor tono o relieve que las demás.Rate it:

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acquired tasteSomething that is appreciated only after having initially been regarded as unappealing or unpleasant; a person who is regarded as difficult or dislikable but of whom at least some have grown to approve.Rate it:

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acti labores iucundi (proverb.)rest after toil is sweet.Rate it:

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ad exemplum alicuius se conformareto shape one's conduct after another's model.Rate it:

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after allIn the end; anyway; referring to something that was believed to be the case, but has now been shown not to be.Rate it:

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after allin spite of everythingRate it:

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after all is said and doneAlternative form of when all is said and doneRate it:

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after one's own heartOf a person: having the same ideas, opinions or behaviour as oneself.Rate it:

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after Saturday comes SundayA phrase sometimes attributed to fundamentalist Muslims, implying that they wish to kill the Jews, whose sabbath is Saturday, and then the Christians, whose sabbath is Sunday.Rate it:

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after Saturday comes SundayUsed other than as an idiom: see after, Saturday, comes, Sunday.Rate it:

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after the factToo late; after something is finished or final.Rate it:

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after the jumpUsed to introduce an inline advertisement in a webpage etc.Rate it:

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after the Lord Mayor's showSaid of a disappointing or mundane event occurring straight after an exciting, magnificent, or triumphal event.Rate it:

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after youA gesture, usually polite, urging another person to take a turn at something ahead of the speaker.Rate it:

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after you, AlphonseAn exchange indicating excessive formality or effort at politeness, particularly where two people each refuse to go forward because each insists on allowing the other to go forward first.Rate it:

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alacri et erecto animo esseto show a brisk and cheerful spirit.Rate it:

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alcalde mayorPersona a cargo de la administración política de un área metropolitana, generalmente el distrito capital.Rate it:

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alcalde mayorFuncionario que en los siglos XVI y XVII se encargaba de mantener el orden.Rate it:

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alguno que otroSe refiere a un número reducido de individuos u objetos entre un conjunto mayor: algunos, pero pocos.Rate it:

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aliquem honore afficere, augere, ornare, prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)to honour, show respect for, a person.Rate it:

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All EarsTo show keen interest in listening someone, be attentive to someoneRate it:

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alondra moñudaAve cantora europea, nativa de la región mediterránea, con una cresta bien conspicua y aspecto similar a la alondra, aunque de mayor tamaño. Tiene el dorso pardogrisáceo listado y el vientre gris claro.Rate it:

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amateur hourA situation or activity in which the participants show a lack of skill, sound judgment, or professionalism.Rate it:

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amber gamblerA driver of a road vehicle who accelerates when the traffic lights change from green to amber (instead of stopping, as required by law), gambling that no vehicle will cross his or her path; a driver who starts off when the traffic lights show red and amber together, but not yet green.Rate it:

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and countingUsed to show that the number previously mentioned is continuously changing, i.e. increasing or decreasing.Rate it:

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and don't play one on TVA term often used after a person claims to have no expertise in a topic of discussion, but still wants to contribute a comment.Rate it:

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and shitUsed after a noun or list of nouns in place of "etc".Rate it:

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and thatAnd the others; used after a name to denote the friends or social group of that person.Rate it:

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anno peracto, circumacto, interiecto, intermissoafter a year has elapsed.Rate it:

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après la lettreLettered. "Épreuve, gravure après la lettre": a print made after the caption is addedRate it:

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après moi le délugeUsed to indicate indifference to events that will happen after one’s death, or to indicate one’s own importance in maintaining orderRate it:

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après nous le délugeA short life and a merry one; We need not bother about what will happen after we are gone.Rate it:

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après skiA place "after skiing". Typically a bar or pub where people go after a day on the slopes to ease off and meet other people.Rate it:

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après vousafter youRate it:

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après-skiA place "after skiing". Typically a bar or pub where people go after a day on the slopes to ease off and meet other people.Rate it:

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arco hunoArco corto de madera de tejo con incrustaciones en cuero o tendones de animales para dar mayor tensión. Podría ser disparado desde la montura a pleno galope.Rate it:

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arco peraltadoEl que prolonga su perfil en sentido de dos rectas paralelas hasta la línea de impostas. Bóveda peraltada. Bóveda en la cual la distancia entre el plano de arranque y su punto más elevado es mayor que la mitad de la distancia entre los dos estribos.Rate it:

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arco peraltadoEs aquel arco cuya altura o flecha es mayor que la semiluz.Rate it:

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